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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Some scientists think newborn neurons could reverse Alzheimer’s
Research co-authored by Hongjun Song of the Perelman School of Medicine strengthens the case for human neurogenesis, the development of new neurons from neural progenitor cells.
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What are the chances of an AI apocalypse?
PIK Professor Philip Tetlock co-published a working paper that forecasted the probability of an Armageddon caused by artificial intelligence.
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What went wrong at Silicon Valley Bank?
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School says that incompetence was behind the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
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Reading corporate culture from the outside
Research by Jason Sockin of the School of Arts & Sciences found that workers rated things like respectfulness, work-life balance and morale as more important to job satisfaction than pay.
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Nearly one-third of suicides in China are by old people
Research co-authored by Hanming Fang of the School of Arts & Sciences showed that, in China, the suicide rate for people over 65 years old dropped by more than one-tenth during the Chinese New Year, when families spend time together.
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How landlords thwart America’s attempts to house poor people
Research from the Housing Initiative at Penn found that 10.4 million households would be eligible for housing vouchers in the U.S., four times as many families as available vouchers.
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Economists are rediscovering a lost heroine
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in economics, attended Penn as an undergrad in 1916 before returning to the school twice more: once to get her doctorate and again for a law degree, which she used to help desegregate Philadelphia.
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Brexit and Sinn Fein’s success boost talk of Irish unification
A book by Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts and Sciences was cited in an article about the possibility of Irish reunification.
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Technology is poised to upend America’s property market
Research by Maisy Wong of the Wharton School finds that real estate brokers tend to direct buyers away from lower-commission properties in order to keep their fees high.
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How housing became the world’s biggest asset class
Research by Harvard’s Edward Glaeser and Joseph Gyourko of the Wharton School about the history of U.S. housing was cited.